This report lists IUPAC's six long range goals and provides illustrations
of actions
taken during the last two years toward meeting those goals. The Unions
work is done almost entirely by approximately 1000 volunteer scientists
from many countries who serve on IUPACs committees, subcommittees,
and task groups. IUPACs scientific work is conducted largely under
a formal project system, in which proposals from chemists worldwide
are peer-reviewed and, if meritorius, are approved and supported.